Late East Canyon report 4/4 4/5

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Sorry for the late report, but I, well… on with the report. A work friend, Hookjaw , and myself got off work early and headed up to East Canyon with hopes of a little open water bank tangling. First impression was a little sketchy. Ice to the edges by the dam as you first pop up out of the canyon. Kept driving and eventually found a small amount of water. Gave it go to no avail. Decided to check out the inlet. Shoulda’ gone there first. Started a ways down from the ice cause a few guys were already there. Hooked into some suckers and a couple little bows. My work buddy isn’t shy, and snuggled right up next to the guy on the point. Made friends in a hurry and started yarden’ in the bows. Hookjaw and I decided to join in on the fun. It was a little crowded on the point, but we managed to get four guys reeling them in consistently til dark. The closer to the ice the faster it was. Caught about 30 fish that day. All bows ranging from 10" up to about 16". Well, and the suckers (3). DAY TWO: Turns out I lost my car keys while up there the day before. Just had to miss work so I could go look for my keys. Took the wife and baby for an afternoon ride, with the rods…“just in case”. Searched everywhere for the keys. No luck, well can’t end the day like that. Better wet a hook. It was a bit windy for my wife and the kids’ liking, but I snagged a football and a nub in the 15 mins. that I had. Caught those at the inlet. Caught two more at the other little bay on the way out because I saw some fish rising and just had to give it a try. Wife agreed for just a little bit. Long short of it…on the way home my pops calls and says he’s headed to East Canyon. I figured he needed a guide, so I sent my wife home with the truck and my pops snagged me at the Browning outlet in Morgan. We went back to the inlet (it’s now 5:00pm) fished for an hour and caught another 20 fish between the two of us. Gotta love ice off.

ps. should mention all the trout were caught on green, rainbow, or chartruese (sp?) p-bait. Suckers on worms. On day two a couple of guys were just leaving when I went back with pops. They were doing well with worms for the trout. Location, location, location.[;)]

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Nice report. I would sure like to tie into a bunch of those suckers. They are prime fishing bait.

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Sounds like a good and productive time at EC. That football bow is crazy looking. Too bad about the keys…

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Nice report Hooker! I guess your name held true as you hooked into about 20 fish and I ended with 20 bites and 1 lousey sucker. Oh well, guess I’m not a very good Hooker. :laughing:

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I thought about keeping mine and cutting it up for bait, but I didn’t have anything to put it in.
If you want to catch some, fish the main lake where the river channel flows in and rig a worm off of the bottom. They must be stacked up right in that channel just waiting for all the junk to flow down to them.

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Mind if I use your sucker pic on my website?

I want to add a species page for the Utah Sucker.

Let me know.

Thanks, and nice report.

Kevin

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Stupidity alert!!

If I go to East Canyon and catch some mega-suckers like those, can I cut them up, freeze 'em, and take them to Fish Lake for the big mack attack?

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No you can’t, but you are welcome to bring them over to me and I will see that they make the trip to FL, just like their cousins from Bear Lake have.

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Don’t mind a’tol. Nice website.

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Good news…found the keys. Buried under the spare tire in my buddies car. I’ve only ever seen another football like that one at Stawberry back in maybe '00 or '01. Sure there are a few like that around. Anybody else caught one?

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Let’s just say that your Stawberry cut makes up for this EC trip. There now we’re even. Well, you’re still ahead a little. We’ll just have to get you out to practice you Hookering skills.

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Thanks! I’ll let you know when it’s done.

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Here’s a few more pics. [;)]